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Revisiting the "father of capitalism"
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Politics of Political Economy
When you say that Smith's reception in America is a story about, quote, the politics of political economy, what does that mean? I think that phrase means two things for me. The language of political economy as it was being invented and the idea that political economy was a science is a product of a moment in history. Politics is about power. It's not just about policy making or agenda setting, but it's about ideology craft. Why does this style of thinking have so much power?
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